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I'm Ryan from extremeterrain.com, and this is my review and installation of LED strips, fitting all 1987 and up Wranglers. Today we are going to talk through the installation of these LED strips, but also a few of the features and the construction. These strips are available in either 15 or 36-inch sizes, and they're also available in a variety of different colors. You can get these in white, red, blue, green, amber, or a color-change version, which is going to be more expensive because it does have a controller to adjust the colors. These can be put anywhere from interior to exterior to under the hood, anywhere you wanna add some light for either functional work light or for an accent light. These will also make a pretty good rock light if you're somebody who goes off road at night and wants their spotter to be able to see underneath their vehicle to avoid getting hung up.
Regardless of what color and what size strip you decide to go with, these are a flexible light, so again, they are very versatile as far as where you put them. They're also a very, very bright light, so you are going to get a ton of light output from these little strips. Something else that makes these very versatile is the fact that they have pre-determined cutting points. So if you have the 36-inch strip, you can certainly cut them at the pre-determined point, solder an additional set of leads onto it, and now you have two shorter lights. Speaking of the leads, that is how you will attach these to the vehicle and get them wired up. They do have a two-wire lead that is pre-soldered on there, so if you don't want to cut the light, you can certainly just attach that to any 12 volt source on your vehicle and you're good to go. However, if you do wanna cut, you will have to do a little bit of soldering to add a second set of leads onto that second light that you've created.
As far as actually attaching these onto the vehicle, these come with 3M adhesive on the back of them that will make it very easy to attach anywhere you wanna put them. Again, these are going to be weatherproof, so you can put them outside, under the hood, or inside your vehicle. Getting these lights attached to your Jeep is, as I mentioned, a very, very simple process. However, there is going to be wiring involved no matter how you decide to get these hooked up. So, I am going to give these a two out of three wrenches. If you're somebody who's very comfortable with automotive wiring, this won't be a big deal and should be a very easy install for you. However, if you haven't done a lot of automotive wiring in the past, this might take a little bit more research and a little bit more time to complete, or you may wanna take this to a shop and have them help you out.
Getting the light attached in its position, as I mentioned before, is done with the pre-applied 3M adhesive, so all you need to do is clean the surface you wanna attach the light to and give it a good press. After that, you will wanna route your wiring and make all of your wiring connections. I will say that this install will probably take you around an hour, that's if you are doing the wiring yourself. Of course, if all you're doing is sticking the lights on, that can be done in less than five minutes. As with any time you're using 3M adhesive for installation, you wanna make sure that the surface you're attaching the light to is very, very clean. You can wipe it down with an alcohol prep pad or any other alcohol-based cleaner, and that will ensure that this is going to stick and stay where you put it for a good long time.
Another tip for using this 3M adhesive is that it likes to be applied when it's warm. You wanna be sticking it onto your Jeep when it's about 70 degrees. So, whether that means in a heated garage in the wintertime or outside in the summer, you wanna make sure this is done when it's warm outside. If you do it when it's cold, the adhesive isn't going to set up, and you could end up with the lights falling off.
There are a lot of different places to get LED strip lights like these ones. However, these ones are going to be a little higher quality because they're very bright, they'll last a long time, and they have real 3M adhesive on the back of them. Some of the cheaper versions are going to use a lesser quality diode, which is going to burn out or not produce quite as much light, or they could have a cheaper adhesive on the back, making the light fall off very easily.
So those are the reasons that I think these are worth the a little bit of additional cost you have to pay for them over some of the other versions that are available in the market. So whether you're looking to add a work light underneath your hood, accent lights on your interior, or rock lights under your chassis, these flexible adhesive LED Strips are going to do the job.
So, that's my review of the LED Strips, fitting all 1987 and up Wranglers, that you can find right here at extremeterrain.com.

Custom Lighting. Give your Wrangler a new custom look with this Axial 36 in. Flexible Blue LED Strip. Designed to be cut down to custom sizes with pre-determined cutting spots, this strip can be added to any surface for full additional LED lighting where you want and need it. Whether mounted undercarriage, in the engine bay, behind the grille or in your cab, you can't go wrong with super bright LEDS to light up your Wrangler.

Easy To Use. This 36 inch Axial LED light strip is super flexible, allowing mounting on contoured surfaces for an exact fit. Designed to work in conjunction with your Wrangler's 12V system this strip is ready to wire up to a switch or your factory running lights with pre-installed 3M tape for a painless and fully custom upgrade.

Application. This Axial 36 in. Flexible Blue LED Strip is designed for universal fitment on all 1987-2018 Jeep Wrangler YJ, TJ, JK and JL models including Rubicon and Unlimited models. Additional wiring required for installation.

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5 Top Rated Questions

How would one get this to work with the light that come on when you open the door and independently? at the same time?

In order to wire the Axial Flexible LED Strip 36 in. to work both with the door, and independent of the door, you would need to run two independent wires for this, one to your door switch wiring, and one to a separate switch, which both tie to the lighting harness. It is possible with a wiring setup like this for power to backfeed into the dome light circuit when the rocker switch is used, so we recommend a diode be installed in this line to prevent the dome light from coming on with the independent switch.

Can you wire 8 of the strips to a single spod switch? I'm guessing yes, but I want to make sure before I purchase these. Thanks

You can wire 8 of the Axial Flexible LED Strip 36 in to a single switch, however It would be recommended to have the switch controlling a relay that activates the lights. It would also be advisable idea to wire these in parallel branches, as opposed to wiring these in a series.

Hello, for the Flexible LED Strip 36 in. - White (87-14 Wrangler YJ, TJ, JK) since every City and State has different laws, we wouldn't be able to verify the legality of this item. We would recommend checking with your State Law.

Hello, on the Flexible LED Strip 36 in. - Red (87-14 Wrangler YJ, TJ, JK) it is possible to cut and splice them to the interior light so when you open the doors the LED strip will come on too, but that would be at the customers discretion.

Can see it at all during the day but pretty bright at night. If you know how to wire stuff (I’ve wired lightbar a before so I kinda knew what I was doing) it shouldn’t take more than an hour and a half.

Product works great, nice and bright, but the adhesive is not strong enough to properly hold the light strips to the cleaned surface. I used a different 3M adhesive tape product to secure the product the the undercarriage of my son's Jeep.

I install mine on the bottom of my half doors and wired the up to the dome lights and they look fantastic!! The installation took about 45minutes a side. Be careful when
you remove the paper on the double sided tape I ruined my first set by pulling the the tape and paper without knowing it

The led was an easy install that has cutting points that are already in place for you to cut if needed to. The sticky back of the LED stripe makes it easy to placed without having to drill any holes in the body of the jeep. It takes about an hour to install but overall the product puts out great lighting and makes your jeep stand out.

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